FWAAAP! POINK! KA-TAAANK!: Improvising Sound Effects. Unleash your inner machine gun with this introduction to the world of improvised sound effects. Come explore what you already know how to do.

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TOUCHING THE STONE: Identifying and exploring First Offers. The very first offers in a scene can offer a shelter from the storm of ideas that overtake us as improvisers. Let “Learn To Return” become a valuable mantra and help you to travel lighter in your work.

Stephen KearinStephen Kearin began his career with Bay Area Theatresports in San Francisco, where he was a company member for 14 years. He was a founding member of Improv Theater and True Fiction Magazine. Stephen is currently a member of the critically-acclaimed improv ensembles, 3 FOR ALL (along with Rafe Chase and Tim Orr) in San Francisco and Impro Theatre in Los Angeles.For the past two years, Kearin co-directed Impro Theatre’s “Twilight Zone UnScripted” and recently, “The Western UnScripted” at the Falcon Theatre, all to rave reviews. In addition to lending his unique talents to countless improv performances within the U.S. and internationally, he has appeared in numerous stage productions, including the stilt-walking Iago in San Francisco Opera’s “Otello”, as Sally-Sue Weber in “A Weber Family Christmas” and he originated the role of Movie Mega-Superstar, Blaine Bustier, in “An Evening With Dirk & Blaine”.Kearin is the co-creator of “Simlish” and was the principal male voice of “The Sims”, “Sims 2” and “Sims Medieval”. He created the Martian languages for Disney’s “Mars Needs Moms”. He is featured in the DreamWorks Animation films “Kung Fu Panda”, “Kung Fu Panda 2”, “Madagascar 2 & 3”, “Monsters Vs. Aliens”, “Megamind,” “Penguins of Madagascar,” and “Home.”Kearin appears as the terrifying “Principal Mitchell” on the new Disney XD television series “Kirby Buckets”. He stars in “The Bunglers”, winner of Best Comedic Short at The 2012 Manhattan Film Festival. Kearin has been a visiting instructor at Stanford University and Cirque Du Soleil.